Refrigerator display counter



Juhe 12, 1928. 4 1,673621 A. H. EHRLICH REFRIGERA'IOR DISPLAY COUNTERFiled Nov. 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented June 12, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REFRIGERATOB. DISPLAY COUN'IER.

Applicatioxi fi1ed November 19, 1.925. Serial N0. 70,022.

'lhis invention relates t0 an improvement in refrigerator displaycou'nter.

The object 01 the invention is to provide an inereased eirculation 0f acold1liquid 'lfih10ligh the reirigerator f01 providing u widercirculaion o1 ah-*t1merethrough in 0r= der 10 keep the goodsinmtthorbughly cooled cendition while yet they a1e arrangeclin a manneras t0 be clearly visible f01 display purp0sea and 10 d1ain theliquidfro1n the iee tank int0 the proper pans when the tank is partiallywithdrawn t0 be filled with ice.

YVith this objeet in view, an ice tank is p1a xed in the center 01" therefrigerator, Whieh tzmk is provided with channeled legs '101 receivingLhe wuter as the ice in the tank n1e1ts, anal rovision is mde i01allowing the unter to h'11 these legs up to 21 certain puint, where anoverflow pipe is provided in 0111er 10 drain the water therefrom. Aseparate everflow pipe 1s provided for each 01 the leg but there is onlyone pipe for each leg und b0l'h 0f these overflow pipes, fo1 the twolege, are armnged at opposite ends, so us 110 dmin the water fr0m 0ne0;f the legs int0 one end 011 Ehe refrigerator display eounter und 130drain t he wacer from the 0the1 leg into the opposite end oft thereixlgerator disp1ay counter. The 001d water 01 brine f'1om theseoverfiow pipes drains into a pan, whieh is provided with a centralpartiticm in order to 21110W it t0 flow 130 the end 0'f the refrigeratorand then back again where it passes oub through a suitable drain.

Thus, the entire cooling efl'ect 0f ehe 001d Weber 01 brine is utilized:for keeping tbe goods en display Wit-hin the refrigerator in a freshcondition.

In the accompanying drawingsz Fig. 1 is a vertical section through myimproved refrigerator display counter;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, horizontal sect.ional view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view 0'f the ice tank; und

Flg. 4 13 a transverse, sectional view through one end 0'f the same.

The nun1e1al 1 indicates the refrigerator IS 21 wh0le, Which is providedwith the usual transparent front g1ass 2 t0 properly disp1ay thecontents 0f the refrigerator. The refrigerator is divided int0 two endfood compartments 3 3 and a central compartment 4. Suitable partitions 5are provided 'f01 separating the compgutment, z1s shown inFigs'. 1 und2. The outer end 0f euch o'i' the end compgxrtnxents 3 is pre1erab1ypri*id d with an urc1mte end platte 6, as indicated in Fig. 1., whiehserves 't0 efi'ect a 111'01e eoniplete air circulation within theco1nPartments Arranged horizontully and centrallj 0f the endcompurt-n1ents 3 are Wire shelves 7. the1wvermost 0:1 Which is in c10seProximity to the bottom 01 the rei"rigerator.

The central con1partment 4 is providedwith an apex bottom 8 to directthe cool air toward und into the bottom 0f the display compartments 3.A11 ice receptacle 9 is Suitably mounted within the compartment 4 invmediately ub0ve the apex bott0m 8. This receptacle preierably consistsin a substantielly rectangular tank, the bottom 0f Which is prefemblycut away, as z1t 10, forming an air chamber beneath the tunk andproviding suitable channelled lege 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

As shown in Figs. 2 und 3, suitable drain pipes 12 anal 13 are arrangedin euch 0f be channe]led legs 11. Overflow pipes 14 and 15 nre alsoprcwided f01 the legs 11 and, as shown in Fig. 4, these overflow pipesextend into the side Walls 16 0f the auf; away bottom portion 10 01 thetank. Directly above the apex of these walls 16 of the cut away portion10, suitable crossed supporting rode 17 a1e provided f01' supporting theice at a point above these channelled legs 11 und t0 prevent it frommdropping down into the sa1t water 01 brine, Which fi1ls the ehannelledlegs up to the overflow pipes 14 and 15.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, these overflow pipes 14 and 15 discharge insubstantially the same horizontal verticfal plane passing through thetank in the relatively back portion the1e0f 0111 0 the bottom platte 8of the central eompartment und the brine runs down over the oppositesloping edges 0f this bottom plate into the troughs 18 und 19, formed inthe fl001' 0f the end display compartments 3-3. These troughs 18 and 19a1e provided with cent1al partitions 20 und 21, respec't-ively and endpartitions 22 and 23 f'01' directinp; the ice water 01 brine through thetroughs fo the outer ends 0'f the compartments 3 und. back on theopposite sides of the partitions 110 the drains 24 and 25. The provision01: the drains z1t the back

